Transfering FCP material from one computer to another

I recently purchased a MacPro and want to transfer all my Final Cut Express projects from my iMac. I dragged and dropped all my FCE files on to an exteran HD and once completed hooked it up to my MacPro and tried to one the projects. The error regarding missing files came up and I follow the thread on the error window to locate the files yet have no luck. Files such as iTunes, mov, and iPhoto ones.
Can anyone give me a step by step procedure on how to transfer correctly.
Thanks in anticipation,
Barry

Use the Media manager (in the File menu) to consolidate all elements of a project to a single folder.
The FCP manual has a section on how it works.

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